The Sun. — London, England, 1818-07-20 00:00:00

rt - E AN D. THS ARMY. bunt lot.t 14.—A division of the 44'h re `ginieut marched into Kilkenny on Friday, and the arrival of the retnaining companies was etipeeted in a few days. The 97th regiment, under the command of Col. Doughs, has arrived at Clonmel to do garrison -duty. This very fine and highly disciplined .corps has been Much detached throughout the south nest District for epwaids of 12 months. The conduct 'tuf the regiment, on various occasions, has been most praiseworthy, particularly during the mtfor tunate disturbances which occasioned so much -alarm in Cork last year,. where the steady and decided conduct of this adMirable regiment, and The fotbearanee and humanity of the troops in general, cannot for some time he forgotten. • On Saturday last, tht first division of the Scots Greys, under the command of Sir James Stewart, arrived in Belfast, on their route for Dondalk.— They had been for some time in barracks at Edin burgh. (where they are replaced by the Enniskillen Dragoons), and bolded .at Duttaghadre on Fri day last - . • • The first division of the 161); or Q teen's Lancers, marched this morning . for Fetlard, it) the Comity of Tipperary, •untler the command of Lieut.-Colonel Murr+y—hMother division will fol low to-morrow, outlet the comMand of Major Belli, for Clonmel,..rhich is to be the head-quar tets; and a. third on Mors(' .v,' fOr the 'sante des.; flotation, under Ca;itaiu Weyland.• On. Friday the last division will march limier Lieut.-Colonel flay. The departere of this highly disciplined and efficieta corps-is a circumstance' of very gene ral'iegret in this City. 'The - gentlemanly deport ment 'and social dispositiOn of the Officers; which insores.them a familiar inlet-mm.4e with the best society—and the excellent and exemplary conduct of the men, gave the regiment almost- peculiar claims to the esteem and good will of the public large ; their change of quarters is, therefore, •!amorig those occurrences that excite no.inconsi dtrable share of public feeling. The 27th font, a very fine and serviceable bat talion, is on the match from this city to Water ford They have been remarkable for their Sol dierly conduet while in this garrison. The 41st regiment, which was the first to move from this garrison . , in the recent changes, and which has been'distinguished for its efficiency in every point that can rendera corps conspicittis, is now quartered at Derry. The battalion of the Rifle Brigade, which had been an object of so melt attention whilst on Dublin duty, for the singular precision of its diS 7 • cipline in that system pecidiar to the service it is intended for, has its heari- - quarters at Ildscrea, from which it furnishes different detachment's to -the neighbouring towns. Oti Friday the last di vision evil! narch under Colonel DAUADFUL. dreadful riot took place at the close 61 the Attnagli Election. Some strag gling soldiers having - t»ingled — iii the fray with their side-arms, a nrimber;of persons were severely wounded. Two detachments of troops were at length called in, who charged the rioters,, aml nearly dispersed them., " when," says a letter • from Armagh, " the pleasing ptospect soon changed. The troops advanced, with a vtcto riutts cry from "the niol) who aceompauied them, and so rapidly that they charged all where they 'carve. A' man struck 'Mr. Kidd in the face with a - Stone, he was immediately 'seized by Mr. Kidd. Mr. John Prentice, jun. a very fine young man, was assisting in detaining the prisoner, with his back to the aohliers, when he was run through the body with a bayonet,•whoSe point protruded 'through the front of_his waistcoat. :He ran with :his handi covering his wounds to an adjoioing house. Several other gentlemen narrowly escaped serious injury,of and the unfortunate individuals of 'the Caulfield party, who were chased and caught, most were taken in charge, and nine of them omtnitted to prison. The scene was really now ",awful: *Soldiers formed below. the Market-house, others at the upper part of the hill, while the ad herents of the Member's, party hunted out several persons who had taken refuge in yards and en tries. By - degrees the stortn subsided, and; most proyidentially, amongst Bi:di a scene of riot and conftision,'nO liVes Were lost, though several per sons were severely wounded, and Mr. Prentice lies in a most dangerous siate." EXECUTION.-011 Saturday, Michael Downing, for discharging a loaded pistol at his uncle,,Pattl Thompson, with intent to was executed at the front of New'gate, pursuant to his sentence Ett the last CommisSion. The'tinformitateculit, ever side his condemnation, evinced the ttiniost 'renitence and resignation to his fate. He was constantly tittended by a ,Roman Catholic Clergy man. At seven o'clock on Saturttay morning the Clergy Man aotin visited, and remained inconstant prayer with him until the moment of 'his execution. About one d'cl"ck Mr. 'Sheriff ‘A,'heeler arrived with the' death warrant ; the erintinat was 'theu ledtforth from his cell, pinioned. His irons being first struck oU he walked across the yard, and up the steps to •the execution-rooln, whit a firm step and easy composure, joining s he Clergyman in fervent devotion. On arriving at the platforin, and whilst the executioner was putting the rope round his neck, he addressed the spectators in a clear and audible voice ; acknowledging the jus tice of his sentence, and forgave all his enemies and prosecutors ;' he was 'ttien launched into eter nity.—(Dublin Journal, July 13.) John Doyle and Timothy - Turner, two fof the persons concerned in the late attack on Mr. GRAT TAN, during his chairing in Dublin, pleaded Guilty in the Recorder's Court on Tuesday last, and Were sentenced . to one month's imprisonment.— The Recorder observed, that were it not for their achnOwletigment of guilt, and deep sense of con tiltion, their sentence, on conviction, would have been a year's imprisonment. Friday the Duke of YORK inspected a party of the Lancers, in their new exercise, under the command of Major PiTeils, at Pimlico. His Royal Highness commanded anothdr inspection of them (Jr. Sattirdly afternoon, when his Royal Highness a accompanied by his Duchess. tAw INTELL-mtNtt. "COURT OF CHANCERY, July IS. MRS. TAYLOR V. LORI) STEWART. Sir S. ROMILLY said, he bad to trouble his Lordship once more with the case of Tempest and Ord. He was afraid that Mr. Horne was wrong in supposing that the Master was directed by the order of the Court to proceed the in diem. lie thought no such order had . been made relative to the settlement. The Loan CHANCELLOR said., the proceedings in the Master's Office were to be in' the ordinary way. If the House of Lords shoUld reverse'his judgment, and refuse to sanction the marriage, there would be an end of the question ; but if the House of Lords did not reverse his judgment, it would he necessary to secure to the lady the be nefit.of the order be had already pronounced, and which might be affected by a variety of circum stances ; for instance, the proposals of Lord Stewart might be disappointed. by the deaths of certain persons in the interval previous to the iimate decision of the House of Lords. There might be a material difference as to the proposals in. the event of the death of Lord Londonderry and - Lord Castlereagh. Ile thought the - Master ought to proceed upon the order as it now stood, in the ordinary way. Sir S. ItozaiLLY conceived, that certainly no such application had been made, as to request a direction hour the Court to the Master to proceed die in diem. LoRD CHANCELLOR —CertainIy Hot ;- but I think you li'ad as well agree for the Master to go on with the - settlement, without prejudice, in the usual way ; . but if, I.llr. Horne, you wish an order fur him to proceed die in diem, you must give notice to the other side that such is your in tention. Mr. noese—That, my Lnrd, was . part of the petitiOn ptesented 'to your Lordship. Sir S. Romtt.LY-It was, certainly, but the question is, did the Lord Chancellor make an Order to that effect ? lam sure he did not. - ' llle LORD CHANCFAAOK—Nc, I Ceitainly did no such thing, and the idea must have originated in a mistake of what I meant. •Mr.HORNE—I thought Our Lordship bad made this Order to the Master to proceed die in diem. I thought so when 1 spoke yesterday on the case. The LORD CHANCELLOR---. 1 think you had bet ter, both of you, ,look into the petition, and if you chose you tuEly ,menl ion it to me On Monday. Sir S. ROMILLY—Very well, my Lord, then we shall ,understand that the metits of the petition come on before your Lordship on Monday morn ._ ing. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Yes, on this one point only that, I think, is all I can hear. Let then the question be heard on this ground on Monday. Ex-parte CRAWLEY, in the matter of CR kWLEY. , This 'morning the LORD CHANCELLOR said, he had read over all the papers in . 1 he case, and he owned it was much More'ditticuit than he apprehended. In the account given of the case of Francis Jenks, the London Liveryman, by Justice Illaclistone,•he did not think that Judge had acted with his usual accuracy, for: Lord Nottingham, the Lord Chancellor at that time, had given a different account of it altogether. The statute of theiltith of Charles the First gave the Chan cellor the - p:,wer. of discharging by the COMIIIOtI Law, and Lord Hale It.d been of that opinion. When the jurisdiction was extended to the Common Pleas, it gave them only a very poWer, though they had since increased it very much. Jenks was , arrested on a turbulent speech at Guildhall, on Midsummer-day, 1G713, and committed to the Gatehouse in 'Westminster, by the King in Council, from 'which he was at last delivered by the order of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief • Justice Raynsford : who admitted him to liberty, vm Itis finding proper securities for his appearance on the first day of Term. Into the facts of that case he declined going at any length, for on Monday he should certainly decide, it and comment then very largely on them. He, however, could not but highly applaud the happy issue of the Habeas CiirpitS Act, which had re sulted solely from that case of Jenks ;,•but he . taut say, it ought not to . be rashly quoted as it precedent ; for to make it apply, it was necessary to look to its com mencement, its continuation, and its final end. The writ of Habeas Corpus was most valuable; and a Judge 'should always act cautiously, When he either granted or fC• fused the writ. To Say more present would he useless, as on Monday he should state his .grounds of judgment : but at this moment he must say, lie felt he had the power of issuing a writ, whether in Term or not : for, as Chancellor, he was bound to sit every day, when called for, and knew no vaca tion. The Courts of Law had Terms, but the Courts of Equity had none. Judgment postponed till Monday. OXFORDSHIRE ASSIZES. Oxroan —There weye nine cases entered for trial, of which six were Undefended, and three referred. Of theSe two were special juries, one of whfch had proceeded As far as the statement of the ca P hefore'a reference took place. It was a case of SEDUCTION. MR3. BET SURRETT V. DIXON. • Mr. „Tnavis addressed the Jury, and said, that it was his painful duty to state to them the particu lars of this case. The plaintiff was a widow, a very respectable woman, who for 20 years kept the White Hart lint, in the town of Henley-upon- Thames. The defendant was a yotuig man, the son of a person in the same situation of life, his mo ther being the occupier of a still more consider , able Inu - than that of the ,defendant, in the same town--Ice meant the Lion. The plaintiff, since the death orber husband, continued to keep the White Hart. Previously to that time the greatest degyeeof intimacy bad subsisted between both fa milies. The defendant's father being in a supe rior situation of life, showed the greatest kind ness to the plaintiff's husband, and was frequently heard to declare his anxious desire that a nearer connection might take place between the famil , es. The husband of the plaintiff died about four years back; shortly before or after this event, the young Lady in question, who had received a very elegant education, returned to her mother's house. She was at that time sixteen years of age. Very soon after her return from school, she attracted the notice of the defendant, who was intimate at the house of the plaintiff, mid he became extreme ly attached to her. He * i s received in a manner which his declarations demanded, and the plaintiff placed every confidence in hitn, whom site consi dered sas to be the future husbatid of her thogh ter. Besides the very considerable inn which the plaintiff kept, she was in possession of a farm, in a very retired situation, about two miles from Henley. To that farm she had frequent occasiOii to send her daughter, whose name was Miss Til• amt of Wtiose Seduction site complained. Upon these occasions the defendant Was permitted. to accompany her without scruple, inasmuch as his views were supposed to be as honourable as he had declared them to - be. For twelve months lie thus continued to visit and ride and walk with the object of his ardent affection. Upon one of those occasions he - thought proper to make a very rude - attack upon her person, and Aoassault . her chastitv.lle was repulsed in a manlier becom ing the young Lady; but having possessed himself of her affections, be .succeeded in persuading her not to make a disclosure of what had taken place. Unfortunately, the young lady was prevailed upon to forgive this attack, and to keep its occurrence a secret from her friends. The event produced a degree of coolness for some time, till at length the defendant, by his renewed attentions, suc ceeded in gaining the complete and unresisting possession of her person. The barriers of virtue being thus once broken down, the intercourse was repeated whenever the opportunity offered. These opportuuities were very unfreqttent, for he would prove that there never was a more atten tive mother to the lionoiir of her children than the plaintiff. About six months after this sort of intercourse had commenced, a person of the name of Bullock, a halt sister of the young lady in goes tiOti, and daughter to the plaintiff by,a former husband, happened to come to the house, and, it , yras observed she attracted the notice of the defen dant in a very particular manner. Miss Tabitha was present upon this occasion, and knowing what had passed between her and the defendant, was so shocked to see his attentions devoted to another, and more especially to . her own half sister, that she suddenly fainted, and was carried out of the room, accompanied by her mother and elder sister. Her sister called the defendant into the garden, and charged him with having had a greater degree of intimacy with, her sister than was consistent , with propriety. This he denied, but declared upon his honour that his intentions were to marry her sister. Not' satisfied with this, she taxed her sister, and stated her opinion, when, with considerable difficulty, she induced her to confess what had pasied, upon art impru dent protnise not to disclose it to her mother.— Thus the plaintiff retnained still in ignorance, and thinking the defendant had trifled with - the feelings of her daughtr, she desired him to dis continue-his visits to her house. Ar this time the mother Of the defendant made some objection to the match. The litOment the plaintiff heard ot this, she wrote to the defendant, and forbad his Future visits. The unhappy - girl, however, at ill Continued her intercourse : With him in private, and he would now read a. letter from the defen dant. to her. It was evidently .an answer -to a letter written by the young lady to him, and was thus worded:— " Dear Tabith . a,—l ani really half inclined to he angry with yon for writing [and here he quoted a passage from her letter.3 7 -After what has' passed yon can't love the so wellAs it I had not confided in you. Indeed, my dear Tabitha, I wish I was at liberty to convince you to the coutrarY [alluding probably to his not being in a situation to marry her] I should wish to have five minutes' conversation with you alone. I,bope you and Kitty are.goud friends. Yours for ever, " GEO. DIXON." This allusion to Kitty referred to the fact of her not trewing her sister so well after the discovery she had made as antecedently. Atter this the defendant continued to sisit the house of the plaintiff occasionally, still keeping up his inter course with the young lady, who was but 1 , 7 years ()rage, in private. The eldest daughter, of the plaintiff, whom he would present to the jury as a witness, married a young man of the name of ,Burford, who was he the same line of life, and was nephew to Mr. Custer, who horsed many of the stages upon these roads. Mr. Burfold was the most intimate friend of the defendant, and felt it his duty to call upon him to know what were his intentions towards Miss Tabitha; when lie declared them to he most honourable, and that he intended to marry her. Atter this he was ad mitted to visit as before, without any disclosure of past events to the plaintiff. At last the situa tion of the young lady became such as to prevent further disguise. Site becanw pregnant. In this .situation of things it became necessary to send for Mr. Smith, the coach-proprietor of Chelsea, near London, her guatdian, who applied to the defendant to perform his promise; he, however, refused, declining to assign any reason fur that refusal. In this stage of the business it was de termined" to see what could be ,got from his jits titter and an action was instituted against him be fore the young lady was delivered. Ile lidiculed the action, and said he could pay the damages by going to prison' for three months. She had since been delivered of a child. ThiS was the nature of the case , and it might now be faitly asked what apology the defendant hid to make for his !ter fitly ? They were to be told, he noderstoOd, that the reason why he did not many her sas, be cause site had been unfaithful to him; because site had been a wanton. This was exactly the seducer's course ; he fast betrayed, and then tra duced. This was to be expected ; but who did they think was the person that was to prove this charge ? Why Mrs. Bullock, her own half sister, who had excited her jealousy by the attentions which the defendant had paid her. He was told that' Mrs. Bullock was to prove, that this young lady had permitted indecent familiarities front two common soldiers, and in the presence of the ser vants of the family too. Ile challenged her to come forward and state this, for he would con front her, not alone with the two soldiers ;bon selves, whom he 'lthd in Court, brit with eery sesvant in the house ; • and it Mrs. Bullock was , not struck to the ground by such evidence, he could only say she possessed more nerve than usually fell to 'the lot of her sex. These persons would ell declare that they had never seen the slightest impropriety in the conduct of the young lady. With respect to the question of damages, thought the Jury' would, upon hearing the whole circumstance's, feel themselves folly justi fied in giving to the plaintiff the whole sum claim ed by the' declartAtion, namely, 100/. I.lele the Learned Judge, who had had some private conversation with the Counsel in the early o f the cause, again interpoed, and it was logreed on all bands, that the justice of case could be as well met by reference to a Gentleman mit of Court as by a public examination, "`'l ,;11 must be alike disagreeable. to both sides. Mr. Jervis and Dauncey finally Coosa ° to refer the case lo Mr. Peake. 1 th e The ming • Lady 'whose tonclutt forme' ,;„%, subject of inquiry was put into the witnesses' She was well dressed, but did not exhibit ail ' lt.► - ing features of beauty or elegance. A Verdiet Wa then 'taken for 1,0001. subject to a reference: , it The case,. had it been gone into it) put'lled,r was thought, wouht have produced some singt 1 4 disclosures. At the Crown bar cases tried of no public .Interest. t h er e were SELECT VESTRIES' ACT. PARtSH OP PADDINGToN,—A Select Vestry °d held in the parish .church of Paddington, 1 0 Friday, when the new Act of last Session, on subject of Select' Vestries, was brought jut" ° P he ration by the overseers, in order to av oid t frequent auditing of their accounts. Mr. BUTLER rose to submit a motion t° the for vestry. It had been alWays esual, he s at "' be former overseers to submit their account' (0 1 1, inspection oirthe parishioners, once in every month ; but since, the present o%h'edra in vestry assemble., seers had come into office, that salutary rid e h - e y been , discontinued. Dirrisrg the short time ti o had been in o ffi ce a levy of 1,6001. ha d b ee i t s 40 01 - 04 granted, and there was also an arrear of the old accounts, so that Upwards of-2,0001. I it passed through their h a nd s , a nd be th°"g bt i e ti r incumbent upon them to show how it i h "Eli • expended, according to the old practice: be Should therefore move, t h a t t he orers et4 ' requested to exhibit their accounts monthly. r 9 Mr. STOCKDALE, of Pall-inall (who it a PP e s :d is. one of the churchwardens of Paddington), 0.1, he thonght th e practice of exhibiting the a ee°ll igt e monthly was quite useless, and took up th e t Oe of-the vestry in a very uninteresting manse'' eer, eameinto 'office himself with the pres ent °ve rs p, and as an officer he had t a k en • upon 'ju ts ': pia advise that this useless practice shookd he d of aside—alear,-hear, and laughter)--and ‘1 11 ' : -! ;ti the mover and his friends might think of gigs vice, he was Willing to- bear all the odi" °/ : 0 •• , rather.the praise, which might attach to ti 'f i , o -e" lition of a. useless and • vexatious tegula-t— -(Great disapprobation.) Mr. TYRE supported Mr. StockdAe. er ely Mr. BUTLER, in reply, said- he wonfa m r airc ht g leave, to remind, far. Stockdale, that fr f f fi r er s ct such a regulation, one of thei r tortue r (); ' his .lad absconded .with upwards 0' ' 1,01,5i0; .pucket.--(1-tear, heat I.)—very great cUn't apcl and personal altercation now took •1 111 ", e 0 ; 0 1e 0 lie when at length the Clirman had restor e ' - ,„ . 11 0 be. said that, if no Gentleman• would eddretioo, meeting further upon the subject' of rho. , T ll Ws; he should proced to pot it the vote; whic.,,,,it; accordingly done, when there app e aled ft 01 ' 9 • ' of four for the production of - the accounts• Mr. S.TooxpALe then said, it -teas orohti ble • I rlteir some of the persons present had not • Pa t ' , 10 t ' last. to poor-rates i in which ease, according Sturges 11 . ourne's new • Act, they' were of voting ; and as he meant to o p pose th e to the tittatpost,:lie should dentand thy ( O c ' A PARISHIONER thought it strange, t „ o rt officers ; meant uprightly, they should fc- 'f. the such stratagems, to avoid a scrutinY ltstl accounts• ritY, „ Air. CARR observed ; that if the 111,() ,1,1 ott / ., been on the other side, Mr. Stockdale forgotten Mr. Sturges Boorne and 05 ' l . c v tls aII was again uproar, and the oltelearwr, P er loud and long ) Stockdale, t ° ' slated, and the levy,book having-been aPP th e ' ) the vote was again taken. The majoritY tt (wear. thrown on the other side, and the moti°" 6 ed to be lost, when ,h e r P r(l .; Mr. THATCHEit said, tbere was Mr. Rome o ios o c vision in the new Act, which he 'Dr or sus upon, since the other side had resoll' e ,",, t de t ' l act as a loop- holoo creep out- of an evnie-ossitt.'° l'he act provided that every 251. ill th 14 0te.':,..1 merits entitled the person so assessed 1 " co d " Soave of the parishioners present w ere 05 1 o l eie' double and treble that sum, and lie 111)til ` fore, demand a scrutiny on that head• ~ l list The Cumin...lAN objected to siring sr"' iot o I all day, and said, " if you carry the wt. sha'ot be acted upon if I.can help it." r but The storm now !aged louder 11)311 ece - ( 0 Thatcher persisting, this scrutiny yr" a tt he after much trouble and confusion, an" tw o , tion was eventually lost by a majoritY e ll/' Some other motions were also tiosuccesiti s it' at length the stormy assembly adjourned the Ling sine die. t A most heart-tending event occtirre'l t 3 tec , mark on thk,sth inst. The Lady of te„ , , , I.IOBERTB, Rector of .Llanfaelo;.,,, Any se , 11 ` indisposed, desired her maid-serv"" t , a stallfer a certain !Killion of the-.medicine she `` ga ve .01 when, unfortnnatelv, she, in rnit--to- ke ',. t he 51( _._ thaL eot i e stic P e : mistress laudanum. Every effort and . in;ennity of. the several medical. s who pressed forward to render t b e ar e s istaa valwielt c a oe cou ld proved ntravailing ,r n a d i t n ' s b is o t t i ' l r l s ' , o * n r! to relate, atter suffering lot . t xpired ! leaviug a large family (e" Lo d, in c believe, of nine children), and a 10w cl i n g. I• solahle at a loss so prernatore and °WI co , •!!'""'-'"17.7"'" ad(' o ti t'otlt Sy GAIL —Average .Price of Mown or NI oscor„ the no from the ltjt urns made in the week coal • of July, is •I9s. 114 d. per cwt. Of fs , l' On Thursday last, the Lady oi M•A• Finsbury-sqoare, of a sot:. fd Orric e, o f -MARRIED. ,„„,c1 On Tues;iay last, at Helton, Liont , pro Charlotte, the secmid daughter of Janne y liuttou-hall, in the co;alty of Essex. J t" 00 b °3r s s 3 t 4e f , DIED. fro) r" On the 130 orJannary last, erowne.",,i'solAr; 13° I-liberal:l, Captain ',canon, the poste " tieorge Coombe, abed youngest .1 • George Coombe. o S. - • • o'f' A 11 Q. t! 9 , ' Printed byJ. B. CAR.STA A ' t LE ,pl) t I"ti o i s jet Ormond-street, Queen,square; a nd l '! t reCt. , a n y, stittePS, of No. 7, South Molto!"sq.tisente Office No. 112, Strand where ~V,; so d, Letters, &c. (post- ra id) r 1 5 t bead r --..